--- title: By the time he got back, Fiordelisa was sitting waiting for him by t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By the time he got back, Fiordelisa was sitting waiting for him by the open window, and when he gave her the ring, she scolded him gently for having run such a risk to get it for her. Who acts: light, Fiordelisa. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (light, Fiordelisa), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:3:69 # text = By the time he got back, Fiordelisa was sitting waiting for him by the open window, and when he gave her the ring, she scolded him gently for having run such a risk to get it for her. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 gently gently ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 aux _ _ 33 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 34 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 36 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get back** | past | light | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus | | 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | Fiordelisa | | | | time | | tree rules | | 3 | **wait** | gerund | Fiordelisa *not said here* | | | | | for light; by the open window | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by window=Location | | 4 | **give** | past | light | the ring | Fiordelisa | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient ring=Theme | | 5 | **scold** | past | Fiordelisa | light | | | | gently *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **run** | gerund · perfect | Fiordelisa *not said here* | such risk | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | | 7 | **get** | to-infinitive | Fiordelisa *not said here* | ring | | | | for Fiordelisa | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for she=Beneficiary | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/70/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)